We get a video recap of Armageddon, and the moment fans have been waiting years for…Jeff Hardy is the WWE Champion. We then go live to a painted Jeff Hardy popping up behind his WWE Title belt and smiling.Read the rest of this entry →

Footnotes:[1]: This was a tournament final.[2]: After Survivor Series, the WWF Light Heavyweight title would be abandoned, as the WCW Cruiserweight title becomes adopted by the WWF. After the draft on March 25, 2002, the title becomes exclusive to Smackdown.[3]: This was a triple-threat match which also involved Billy Kidman.[4]: This was a triple-threat match which also featured Spike Dudley.[5]: This was a six-man Cruiserweight Open which also involved Paul London, Akio, Shannon Moore and Spike Dudley.[6]: London won an eight-man battle royal to win the title.[7]: This was a six-man Cruiserweight Open which also featured Funaki, Jamie Noble, Nunzio and Paul London. Helms, who was part of the Raw roster, moved to Smackdown after winning the title.[8]: This was an 8-man Cruiserweight Open which also involved Daivari, Shannon Moore, Funaki, Jamie Noble, Jimmy Wang Yang and Scotty 2 Hotty.[9]: On September 28, 2007, SmackDown General Manager Vickie Guerrero stated that Hornswaggle’s status as Mr. McMahon’s (kayfabe) son and his dimunitive stature would eventually jeopardize his well-being. On March 4, 2008, the WWE put the title on the retired section with the other past titles.

Footnotes:[1]: This was a tournament final.[2]: Goldust impersonated champion Hunter Hearst Helmsley for this match, but WWF Commissioner Sgt. Slaughter allowed the title change to stand.[3]: During a tag team match with Shane McMahon & Kane took on champion X-Pac & Triple H where the European title was on the line, McMahon won the belt by pinning X-Pac. McMahon would retire the belt shortly after beating X-Pac at WrestleMania XV.[4]: McMahon reactivated the title and awarded it to Mideon several months later.[5]: Jarrett gave the title to Henry as a reward for helping him beat Brown for both the European and Intercontinental championships the previous night.[6]: This was a triple-threat match which also included D’Lo Brown.[7]: This was a triple-threa match which also included Chris Benoit.[8]: The European title becomes exclusive to Raw when Regal gets drafted to Raw on March 26, 2002.[9]: As Intercontinental champion, Rob Van Dam was able to unify the belts.

Footnotes:[1]: This is a tournament final.[2]: In June 1975, Victor Rivera announced he was giving up his half of the tag titles; Dominic DeNucci was allowed to choose a new partner, and chose “Irish” Pat Barrett.[3]: The Executioners were stripped of the titles as the result of a match against Chief Jay Strongbow & Billy White Wolf that was televised on October 26, 1976, during which a third masked Executioner interfered.[4]: Chief Jay Strongbow & Billy White Wolf won a three-team tournament, defeating the Executioners and Tor Kamata & Nikolai Volkoff.[5]: This was a tournament final. Shortly after Chief Jay Strongbow & Billy White Wolf won the tag belts, Billy White Wolf suffered a neck injury during a match against Ken Patera; he and Strongbow had to give up the belts.[6]: Bob Backlund & Pedro Morales won the tag titles in a 2/3 falls match. Backlund and Morales had to relinguish the belts since Backlund was the WWF world champion at the time.[7]: This was a tournament final.[8]: At Survivor Series, Diesel and Shawn Michaels were forced to abandon the tag titles when they could no longer function as a team.[9]: This was a tournament final.[10]: Davey Boy Smith subbed for Owen Hart the night before at the In Your House PPV. Because Owen ran down to the ring to interfere and was pinned by Diesel, the belts were returned to Owen Hart and Yokozuna.[11]: The titles became vacant when Billy Gunn suffered a neck injury.[12]: This was a tournament final.[13]: This was a tournament final to fill the vacancy created when Shawn Michaels walked out of the WWF for a brief period. After Austin’s neck injury at SummerSlam, the tag titles became once again vacant.[14]: This match also included the Legion of Doom and the Godwinns.[15]: This was a four-team match which also included The Rock & D’Lo Brown and the New Age Outlaws.[16]: Mankind chose to defend the tag titles on his own when Kane refused to team with him.[17]: This was a three-on-two handicap match also involving the Hardys’ manager, Michael PS Hayes. Bradshaw & Faarooq won when Bradshaw pinned Hayes.[18]: This was a “Dark Side Rules” match in which Viscera, Big Show, and Mideon were the actual opponents for the Rock & Mankind.[19]: Because he was not getting along with the Rock at the time this match was held, Mankind refused to participate and instead sat outside the ring with his back to the action.[20]: This was a triangle ladder match which also included the Hardy Boyz.[21]: This was a four-way elimination match which also included the Hardy Boyz and Test & Albert.[22]: Since Edge & Christian were banned from wrestling the Hardy Boyz for the tag titles, they dressed up as Los Conquistadores.[23]: This was a four-way elimination match which also included the Dudley Boyz and Road Dogg & K-Kwik.[24]: Kurt Angle was the special guest referee.[25]: This was a TLC match which also included the Hardy Boyz.[26]: This was a cage match to unify the WWF and WCW world tag titles.[27]: This was a four-way elimination match which also involved the Dudley Boyz and William Regal & Lance Storm.[28]: When William Regal became injured, Chief Morley took Regal’s place as half of the tag team champions. This match also included the Dudley Boyz.[29]: This was a handicap tables match, in which Rob Conway teamed with La Resistance.[30]: This was a three-way elimination match which also involved Rhyno & Tajiri.[31]: Jonathan Coachman replaced Eugene in this match due to an injury.[32]: This was a ten-team battle royal that the Hardy Boyz won to regain the tag titles.[33]: Cody Rhodes was revealed as Ted DiBiase’s mystery partner and turned on Hardcore Holly, resulting in a handicap match.